CJ: FEATURES SAMUEL FRADLEY, WINDS OF CHANGE, DEVON, PANDEMIC BRITAIN

I’ve been watching Sam’s projects develop over the last few years and had fun featuring ‘Handshake with a Martian’ over on Documenting Britain Instagram he’s spent 2021 away from social media, to make work and sort his life out. A few days ago ‘Winds of Change’ his new project landed in my inbox, a beautiful and poignant selection of photos made in his home county of Devon. There were restrictions due to the lockdown’s so Sam stuck to an area not far from his house. The pandemic, politics, technology is forcing us to experience change and I can relate to Sam’s feeling of anxiety about how things will look in the future and how will we survive now, what will affect my family, friends, work and what will the future look like. What do we need to do to adapt!

“Winds of Change reflects on a difficult and uncertain time in Britain’s history and my own personal fears and anxiety about not only Britain’s future but the future of the world and its effects on those close to me.”

“The old world is dying, the one that we knew has gone. As echos of 1930s Europe engulf Asia and the United States, it has become clear that the balance of power and future of humanity has changed. Where Britain belongs in this new world is yet to be found.”

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Samuel Fradley is based in Torbay and runs South West Collective of Photography

www.samuelfradley.com